Serendipity

Gallery: FloraPosted July 30, 2017204 views2 comments

Sony A77II
Minolta 200mm macro
ISO 400, 1/25 @ f8

"Good luck comes to those who are prepared." Gary Player.

I indulged myself with a new Really Right Stuff TVC-34L tripod a few weeks ago in anticipation of our trip to Alaska at the end of August. I'm 6'4" so I need the height. This gadget can exceed my height by over a foot fully extended and with the head and camera on top of that I can get almost to 8 feet above ground! It came in handy this morning when I went out to shoot some Wisteria blooms in our back yard. I had to stand on a stool to look through the viewfinder. I think my neighbor thinks I'm daft. I had just set up and had popped off a shot or two and this bee crashed the party and was accommodating enough to stop his wings for one capture. Please view the large version. All comments welcome.>=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 30, 2017 at 5:15 PM

Wisteria is so hard to capture. I like your approach! You really did indulge yourself; that tripod will thin your wallet aplenty. frown

Be sure to take some wet gear for your camera. The Fall rains, at least along the coast, can run for weeks at a time. There is a reason Alaska is called "the land of the blue tarp."

Looking at the large image, the bee caused a little double image on the petal above its head.

Oh, also Louis Pasteur said it before Gary Player: "Fortune favors the prepared mind."

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on August 2, 2017 at 2:13 PM

Bill, it is always so difficult to let cohabit flowers and insects. I have given up.

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